Ömer Onan (born February 4, 1978) is a Turkish former professional

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. Standing 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ½ in) and weighing 95.4 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the

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position.

Playing career

Pro clubs

During his professional playing career, Onan won the European-wide third-tier level league, the

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championship in 1996. Domestically in his native Turkey, he also won the

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championship 11 times (1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2014). In addition to that, he won the

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title 8 times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, and 2013); and the

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title 5 times (1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2013). His number 7 jersey was retired by Fenerbahçe in 2014.

Turkish national team

Onan was a member of the senior men's Turkish national team. He was a part of the Turkish teams that won the silver medal at the

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and the

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Post-playing career

In August 2014, Onan retired from playing professional basketball, and became a team manager of his longtime playing club, Fenerbahçe, replacing

Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time All ...

at that position.

References

External links

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